Lindsey Graham Says We Need an Amendment to Fix Money in Politics

In April at an event in New Hampshire, Senator Lindsey Graham was asked a question about what he would do to fight big money in politics. In his response, Graham pointed to the need for a constitutional amendment to address the Supreme Court’s ruling in Citizens United:

Well, Citizens United has gotta be fixed. Y’all agree with that? You’re gonna need a constitutional amendment to fix this problem. I was for McCain-Feingold, the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that provisions in McCain-Feingold basically no longer apply.

You’re gonna get sick of watching TV in New Hampshire. So the next President of the United States needs to get a commission of really smart people and find a way to create a constitutional amendment to limit the role of super PACs because there’s gonna be like $100M spent on races in New Hampshire — which’ll be good for this TV station — ripping everybody apart. You don’t even know who the people are supplying the money, you don’t even know their agenda. Eventually we’re gonna destroy American politics with so much money in the political process cause they’re going to turn you off to wanting to vote.

Senator Graham previously spoke out against the big money takeover of our elections n March, Bloomberg’s David Weigel wrote about a comment Graham made to a voter — again, in New Hampshire — about his desire to see some “control” over money in politics so it won’t “destroy the political process.”

“It’s the wild, wild West,” Graham told voters in Barrington, N.H., this month, adding: “What I worry about is that we are turning campaigns over to about 100 people in this country, and they are going to be able to advocate their cause at the expense of your cause.”

We acknowledge that support for the amendment is key, however Senator Graham voted against the Democracy For All Amendment, which would overturn decisions like Citizens United and Bucky v. Valeo.